desperance: (chillies)
desperance ([personal profile] desperance) wrote2008-10-23 05:14 pm

Cornsilk, cornsilk everywhere

It's true. I don't even like corn so much, but a couple of cobs came in my veg box this week, so I have concocted a dish: scallops, with corn and green beans in oyster sauce. We'll see.

But. That bloody cornsilk. Gets everywhere, it does.

[identity profile] badbookworm.livejournal.com 2008-10-23 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you get one of those organic veg boxes delivered? I suppose I should start again now I'm freelancing full time. But I was a bit traumatised by an upsetting experience with a squash that defied all my attempts to cut it up, so I'm dithering.

[identity profile] pennski.livejournal.com 2008-10-23 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe it was one of those pesky ornamental squashes in disguise?

[identity profile] badbookworm.livejournal.com 2008-10-24 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it was made of concrete.

[identity profile] desperance.livejournal.com 2008-10-23 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I actually have to go and collect it from a delivery-point ten minutes' walk away, but yes, that's the basic idea. I love it: I don't have to think about buying veggies, because I always know I'll have 'em, and sometimes I get something unexpected. Like corn. Which was fabulous with the scallops, as it happens...

[identity profile] badbookworm.livejournal.com 2008-10-24 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
And it tastes fabulous. Quite a shock to discover that carrots aren't flavourless, neon orange tubes.